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… his command tent while leading his last campaign against Szigetvár, Hungary in 1566. A map showing the expansion of the … niches to fill and were generally allowed to maintain their way of life and flourish during his reign. An illustration … is still a popular destination for Istanbul residents and visitors today. [Photo by author] The Sultan often reflected …

… state are not encouraging. Regime changes have a terrible way of backfiring. The Bush administration, pundits and … property, the rule of law, a willingness to make political compromises and to accept the outcome of free elections. In … imbalance between Shiites and Sunnis or helping the Kurds get their own country with a slice out of our NATO ally, …

… the optimism and hope for a better life in 1989 gave way all too quickly to widespread cynicism and pervasive … sense of this shift from wonders to worries, one must revisit the history of communism, explore its collapse, and … incomes decline. The vast rift between rich and poor together with the spread of unemployment and job insecurity, …

… For twenty years, smallpox has been declared dead. But as … the 1700s, European smallpox epidemics seem to have been comparatively mild, with minimal death rates. But thereafter … in Europe during the next two centuries. The quest for ways to prevent or treat it led to the development of …

… survive in a changing world. The movie revolves around a visit by King George V and Queen Mary to Downton Abbey. … for nine days after an alliance of unions that included railway and transport workers, miners, utility workers, and … its effects: “My maid was rather curt with me, but she is a Communist at heart.” Mounted police clear demonstrators from …

… begins the 21st century just as it began the 20th, by revisiting the debate on immigration and its impact on … deserves candid discussion, all serious dialogue inevitably gets hijacked by demagoguery that stokes the old fears of … swamped by Catholics, whose political allegiance would always be called to question by their loyalty to the Pope. …

… united in a struggle for civil and political rights, they comprise various tribal affiliations and speak different … to leave its zone of influence and began to sponsor breakaway republics in Iranian Azerbaijan and Iranian Kurdistan. … the Syrian Kurds have managed to bring the two powers together against ISIL. However, as the Syrian Civil War comes …

… in Kyiv,  December 2013 The year 2014 will no doubt become a caesura, a line dividing Ukraine’s history into … fame, but Karl didn’t count on it; he made sure to get ahold of cyanide. He and Gertrude decided to commit … we got rid of that region, like dropping ballast, but the way we lost the peninsula will be a trauma for an entire …

… ever indicated that he was dependent upon Congress for a declaration of war. Yet that is exactly what the … The Founding Fathers balanced the power of the president as commander-in-chief with that of Congress, the people’s … was said to justify the deviation from earlier American ways. Cold War practices were anomalous, but anomalies that …

… Because we forget that the United States was once considered a rogue … people in Latin America, Western Europe, and even the faraway Hawaiian kingdom were convinced that the United States had become a base for terrorists. No one then actually used the … History News Service …

… in the polls among GOP voters precisely because he is so comfortable mixing politics and religion. He presents a … in plain sight.   Santorum is a Catholic. While he has always acknowledged this, he has downplayed the specifics of … movement that tried to bring Protestants and Catholics together, Pius wrote “nor is it anyway lawful for Catholics …

… elsewhere indicate that the slavery lawsuit could become an invaluable tool for bridging the racial divide in … also be viewed as victims?   But what if the plaintiffs do get to share the wealth? Does that diminish the suit's … of African-Americans ever been determined in any formal way. The legacy of slavery is racism, Jim Crow segregation, …

… has often provided the impetus for new and more efficient ways of taxing citizens. Lotteries, an essential source of income for 42 states today, helped pay for the Revolutionary … and cuts to politically vulnerable parts of the federal budget marked attempts by Johnson and Nixon to pay for the war …

… an uprising at New York’s Stonewall Inn. The event has become iconic in popular memory as the spark for a new radical lesbian and gay activism . In his Second … protection until riot police arrived and cleared the area. News of the riot spread, and the next night thousands …

… It turns out that individual votes in small states count for more than those in large states. The U.S. Senate is also … differences? Opponents of Electoral College reform commonly respond that the federal government should not … state constitution. In fact, Virginians eventually found a way to resolve the argument. Virginia’s first constitution, …

… to take control of key points in the Russian capital—railway stations, telegraph offices, and government buildings. … ministers, bringing the Provisional Government to an end. Former Tsar Nicholas II in Tsarskoye Selo following his … Over the next three years, the Bolsheviks (soon renamed Communists) would have to win power in a bloody civil war …

… if Sonny shouted “Attica” today he would probably get blank stares. It’s a safe bet that most Americans born … the world, trailing only Russia. The prison industry has become big business: billions of dollars are being spent on … inmates fester. History may not repeat itself, but the way we’re handling our prison populations, the future surely …

… uniforms, will drink mint juleps and dance the night away.  Jeff Antley, who has organized the Secession Gala, … "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … is to be held.   Candlelight vigils and costumed waltzes get headlines, but Monday night will be just one more …

… our romance with what we imagine is authentic will we stop getting fooled by literary cons. First, let's dispose of the … The success of impersonator autobiographies has always depended on their authors' ability to exploit readers' … as fakes should make readers ask why these cliches are so compelling in the first place. Autobiographies, with their …

… both nationally and internationally. The policies of transformation that he introduced carried Turkey into a secular … in the late Ottoman and early Turkish societies shaped his way of thinking. While doing so, he identifies a continuity … only solution for the problems of the empire and the only way to create a prosperous and national modern society …

… ties were also immensely important, for one often needed community support at the assembly to win a legal case. Thus, … seventeenth century that these stories began making their way out of Iceland. Translated into Latin, the myths and … One thing is certain: one of the reasons we keep revisiting and reimagining the Viking Age is because we are …